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AUTOMOBILE BLOWN INTO
RIVER, AIRSHIP WRECKED
BY STORM ON
Storm Played Havoc With
Trees and Shrubbery
Through Washington
TBEES UPROOTED
WASHINGTON, July 21. An au
tomobile was blown into the Poto
mac river and Harry N. Atwood's
aeroplane was wrecked by the wind
during a severe wind, rain and hall
storm which swept the city tonight
The aeroplane was in Potomac Park
where it has retd srnc Atwood's
race record breaking flight rom New
York here. A party of antomoblllats
motored to the park Just before the
storm broke to see the aeroplane.
The wind threw the aeroplane against
a bandatand totally demolishing It,
turning the automobile o-ver and
whirling It into the river. No one
was hurt.
The storm played havoc with the
trees and shrubbery throughout the
olty. In several parks and thor
oughfares many large trees were up
rooted. GERMAU'B TNTEJmON
LOB ANGELES, CaL. July 21-
Oscar Sohwlmcner, a young German
consulting engineer, is perfecting
what he calls a "troth telling" ma
chine. The oontrlvano Is operated
-by storage battery and is intended
to register human emotions. Schwlm
inr claim! Be wH have his machine
perfected In a short time sa that a
novice can operate it He will then
introduce It to the public generally
and the police departments particu
larly. juwkijER held tjp bt BAJTDrra.
KANSAS CITY, July Jl. Twa
men entered the shop of the Frank
In Jewelry company. In the heart of
the city, today, held np B. J. Frank
lin at the point of a revolver, took a
tray of (diamonds and ran down an
alley. When pursued by Franklin
they fired at him dangerously wound-
1-
prise, the $1,870 Chalmers 1(12
Touring Car, any one with ambition
can win a district prise.
Two Maxwell Runabouts.
Two $860 Maxwell runabouts head
the list of prises for the districts. The
well known reputation of the Max
well makes It a very attractive prise.
As a Maxwell runabout will be giv
en to each district any ambitious per
son can now get Into the automobile
class.
After the three automobiles have
been awarded, the candidates have
the following fine prizes to win. Two
$600 Story ft Clark's player pianos;
two $300 Milton pianos, two $100 dia
mond rings, eight gold watches and
two kodaks.
As a result of the many prises, ev
eryone may enter with splendid
chances of winning a valuable prise,
no matter how. much r how little
time there Is devoted to the contest.
It is strictly a competitive proposi
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luck or chance, and the prises .won
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years ago. Is a guarantee that all can
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T IS
DOOMED TO CO WAY OF
OF
To Giro Way to New Revo
lutionary Government, is
Washington Report
"REBELS" VICTORS
WASHINGTON, July It Presi
dent Simon of Haytl appears doomed
to follow President Dial of Mexico
and to give way to a new revolution
ary government, according to ad
vice reaching Washington. In the
opinion of Captain Dlsmukes ot the
gunboat Petrel, which it at Port au
Prtnoe, after watching the operations
of the revolutionist at Oonalves, the
revolutionists already practically are
victorious and all of the towns of
Importance except the capital are In
cheir posseslson.
President Simon has been obliged to
abandons his campaign in the north
and to withdraw Ma army hastily to
tho capital, where ho arrived a very
Ick man and Is now confined to his
bed. Captain Dismukes reported to
day that the revolutionary troops are
now marching toward the capital
from fit Marc, which they captured.
without much resistance.
Captain Dismukes reports that the
Interests of Americans at Qonalves
are not endangered by the revolution
ary oooupatlon of the city, where the
population appeared to be In full
smypathy with the movement
CHANGE OF LOCATION
KNOXVILUd, Tean., July ,11 '
President Brown Ayres of the Uni
versity of Tennessee announoe'd to.
night that tho medloal department of
the university would b located In
Memphis, beginning with the fall
term, Tho university trustees have
taken oharge of tho college of physi
cians gnd surgeons of Memphis, as
suming all liabilities of that sohsol
and retaining its present faeaUy, The
denial department of tho university
located at kTaghrilla, will In all prop-
IN PRIZES:
THIS PAPER
VIRGINIA BRIDE IS
UNDERARHEST
Charged With Foul Murder of
His Wife on Country
- Road Tuesday Night
COUSIN CONFESSES
HE BOUGHT SHOTGUN
Coroner's Hearing TaKes Sen
sational Turn Placing Hus
band In Serious Position
RICHMOND, V.. July ll.-The
missing link In the chain of evidence
which the detectives have been forg
ing in the case of the murder of .Mrs,
Henry Clay Beattle, Jr.. who was slain
Tnoadav nia-ht. five miles south of
Rlobmond. on the Midlothian turn
pike while automobllng with her hus
band, was supplied this afternoon,
when Paul Beattle; a cousin of Henry
Beattle, made formaj . confession to
the police that he bought for Henry
and delivered to him last Tuesday the
gun with which Mrs. Beatti was km
d. 'Thereupon both Henry and Paul
Seattle were arrested and the former
is brought to the Richmond city
jail where ha la In confinement ta-
being told he, waa under arrest and
later writhed In convulsions. He was
so violent that he had to be hand
cuffed and thus manacled, he was
taken to the city home for medical
treatment. He remained there tonight
and Is reported much better after the
first shock of his- Col la pee.
The Inquest proceeded today as per
adjournment, at the home of Coroner
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NINES' TESTIMONY SETS
SUBSTANTIA TION PARTLY
Bringing Joy to Followers
of Lorimer and Hines
in Investigation
BINES A PATRIOT"
WASHINGTON. July Jl. Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, today
brought Joy to the Lo rimer-Hlnn fol
lowers when he told the senate
Lorimer committee of tho part he
took in tho election of Senator Lori
mer. They claimed that he substan
tiated tho testlmbny given by Edward
Hlnee as to Senator Penrose's desire
to have Mr. Hines exert his Influence
for Lorlmer's election. Besides his
story tho day's testlmoay brought out
that the office of the secretory of
state of New Tork asked $1,000 for
a certified copy of the contributors
to the republican national campaign
fund in 1008. The list was desired
to show whether Cyrus McCormlck
was among the contributors Mr
Hines laid before th committee what
he said was a telegram ho rerelved
In regard to the matter, dated July
II, 1111, and reeding:
"Will deliver to you original
Sheldon statement filed in this of
fice November tl, not, for 11,000."
This was signed "James J. Neville,
secretary of state office."
A letter Attention ed several days
ago as having been sent by Wm. Bur
gess of Duhita to H. H. Kohlsaat of
Chisago regarding th Lorfmer mat
tar wag road. Among other things
Burgees said he understood there was
a man who woji in Hrnes' office when
Hines received a telegram from Presi
dent Tart asking him to "have the
matter hushed up as quickly as pos
sible." Neither Burgess nor Kohl
saat spoke about the Incident when
on the stand. Senator Penrose told
Of meeting Hines in connection with
the lumber schedule in the Payne
Aldrlcq tariff bill.
"I became Impressed early that he
was a blight active man, generally
familiar with conditions throughout
the countryy," tho sernaotax ee.Bs
HUSBAND OFYOUNG
K.
The Citizen's Popularit
ON DAY PRECEDING PASSAGE OF BILL
UFOLLETTE ATTACKS ALL FA VORING IT
Foregone Conclusion That
of Senate Several More Amendments
Direction
WASHINGTON. July 21. The
most bitter fight for legislation
Waged by ai administration In many
years will me to a close tomorrow
when the "fenadlan reciprocity bill,
an issue bolero two sessions of coo
gross. Will be passed by the senate by
a decisive) vote.
.That at least 10 senators out of fa
total membership of tl, will vote in
favor of th "measure, was predicted
tonight by senators of both political
parties. Thla vot will include all but
four, or, fv; of the democrats, and
will Include also, a great proportion
of tho so-called "stalwart" republicans.-
Opposed to the bill will be a
majority of th republican Insurgents,
Who com 'from northwestern, states,
KTWM ubllea,Mglrat,n4
a handful,ioTdemocrata. '
For ,a . time the senate ' leaders
hoped they might get the bill to tho
preldent .before he leaves for Beverly
tomorrow but a visit by ' Senators
Penrose and Crane to Speaker Clark
of the house soon dispelled this ex
pectation as the speaker explained It
would b Impossible 1 to hold the
CENTER OF PRODUCTION
Of COTTDKJS IN MISS
And Has Been Ever Since
Becord Started, but Has
Veered Slightly
WASHINGTON. July Jl. Th
center of poductlon f th cotton
growing area of ih United Stat In
1110 was located thre mile south of
Valden, Carroll county, Mississippi,
acoordlng to th "nu bureau's sta
tlstos Just Issued.
This cotton produolng area la about
1,600 miles long and (00 miles wide.
Th total area of th eountle In
whloh cotton was ginned In 110 V
approximately etc, 000 'square miles,
or about 400,000,000 aero. Of thla,
only about one unne In every thirteen
was devoted to cotton,
Th center of production ha been
In Mississippi all year for which rec
ord baa been made. In 1SB0 It was
approximately thirteen mile south
oast of Macon, Miss.; In 1870, eleven
mtles south of Columbus: In 1M9
thirteen miles e"uthat of Lexing
ton; In 1I0, flvn miles northeast of
Marersvllle, and In 1101, four mile
west of Lexington.
RATTLES X AHA EC. "CBS TUB."
BtrOOMINOTON'. Ind., July Jl.
In tangled undi rhruh on tho farm of
Wm. L. Mosler. night mile northeast
of tho city, the nact center of pop
ulation of the (Tnlt State wa p
cated late today but th only Inhabit
ant of tho immediat neighborhood
found wa a large rattle nake, which
slid out of the bushe and wa killed
by on of the party; of Prof. W. A.
Oogthall, of Indian,' woo discovered
the spot It will he marked by a tub
let. Prof. Cogshall located ?t hub of
tho country" by finding tae longitude
by observstlop nt th stars hurt night
and th latitude by th sun today.
FAIR
WASHINGTON, July 11 Torecast;
Kmb Carolina; loeaj shower Satur-
day and Sunday; adrt ut ut
How Popular Are
,V Contest is Aiuiountwd
Reciprocity Measure Will
As Preceding OnesIn Origndt Form
house In session long enough to re
ceive the measure.
As the house will adjourn from to
morrow until . next Wednesday the
bill cannot be received until the 'lat
ter date.. .".'
No Change. ,
The measure has not been and un
doubtedly will not be changed in any
respect by tho senate and when it is
signed by the speaker and the vice
president It will be dispatched to the
president. -
Senator Lafollett featured In the
peechmaklng today with a vigorous
arraignment of President Taft and
th bill. H attacked th democrat
of th aenftte on the ground that thsy
wr dellberatclyrylng jto; carry thai
wrm . ueura vtvt to n next cam
paign for political : purpoaess, and
pointed put that th democrat had
consistently voted down amendments
proposing general, tariff reduction.
Their excuse, he said, had been that
the president would not sign the re
ciprocity bill if It was . encumbered
with any general ' tariff amendments.
F
ICTIM OF
E
Killed at Aerodrome at
Etampes When Biplane
Was Caught by Wind
ETAMPES, Franc, July 11. Mme.
Demise More I th flrst woman, vic
tim of aviation. Bh wa killed at
the aerodrome here tonight. Mm,
More had already mad several One
aacsnta and wa about to make a high
flight When. about 150 feet In the
Ir her biplane was caught by a gust
of wind and capsUsed. It fell straight
to the earth and th woman wa
crushed beneath it Mme. More was
a Frenchwoman, although she had
an English nam. Sh wa about 21
years of age. She had hoped to ob
tain a pilot' llons next week.
nrM.s op HEAivrn. .
NEW TORK, July II. On hun
dred and eighteen first cabin passen
gers on th ateamnr Prlnolp dl PI
monte, after remaining several day
In quarantine, were glvsn clesn bills
of health this afternoon and landed
In Jersey City. Steerage passengers
and crew, however, will be detained
until there is no possibility of their
being curriers of Asiatic cholera.
Hoffman Island, where are detained
several hundred Immigrants, also dis
charged 48 of the passenger and
crew of th steam ar Moitke,
There ha been little within the
last twenty-four hour to change Dr.
Doty' optimism regarding th out
look. His bulletin Issued tonight says
that at Hoffman Island conditions ar
pregrrssing favorably and at Swin
burne Island hospital no death hav
been reported sine yesterdsy.
BlKlff MAIN CACHES FAMINE
VENICE, July Jl. The bursting of
a water main oausnd a water famine
hr-Venice and Murane. The govern
ment Is sending naval tank ships
from Ancons and elsewhere with sup
plies of water. The situation is cri
tical. COLOMBIA WOULD ARBITKATU
BOOOTA, Celomliia, July 21 Pres
ident Restreppo In his message to
congress today said that there has
boon no adjustment f th difficulty
with th Ualted StaUs, growing out
Uf tho aaseaslon f Panama, and that
i la tave- a kmllUqg th mat-
You?
Today.
Have Support of Two-Thirds
Travel in Same
Several amendments to th reoip
roclty bill wer defeated Including
those by Mr. Brlstow to reduc dutle
on lead bullion, and lead paints and
similar lead product and by Mr.
Townsend for an alllanc with Can
ada to enlarge th fit Lawrenc
water way.
There are IS amendment to th
messur to bo acted upon be for th
final vot on th passage of th WU.
Many of these propose fd affix gen
eral tariff changes to th agree
msnt President Taft ha insisud
that any change of this characur
threaten th defeat of th ntir re
ciprocity agreement with Canada.
Party line hav. disappeared during
th cbnsldsratlou of th bill. Tariff
affiliation to outward appearance
hav bn completely changed. Pre
ident Tsft has had th general sub
port of th democrat, and of th re
publican regulars; and in thla union
of forces h has had nugh support
so that th bill ha nvr been in
danger of defeat, or serlou amend
ment sine th session began.
II
TO PROBE EXPRESS CD.
r . ...
Statement of Value of Com
pany's Property in South
Carolina Requested
COLUMBIA. S. C, July . Th
South Carolina, stats railway commis
sion announced today that it would
Inaugurate ji Investigation ft th
Southern Express company' opera
tlon in thla stat. To Oil nd th
commission Issued an order to C X
Loop, of Chattanooga, vlu prldnt
of th company, celling upon him for
statement of th ralu of th com
pany's property In Bosth Carolina, th
receipt from it business and the
actual expanses of carrying on Intra
state business In South Carolina
w as a oopy or th last ri . t to
tn stockholders.
Th Investigation, whloh la to de
termine whether express rata are
exceaatv, will b thorough according
to memoer of th commission.
rtEvoir AOAiNfrr dix
t a
ALBANT, N. Y., July II Th atat
legislator early today marked then-
revolt against Oovraor Dig by p
Intr h Frri-Btnvslt direct noml-
imiobs Mil whloh th governor de
clared unsatisfactory In a special
ag ofc Tuesday of thla week. The
assembly, whloh passed th maasur
over m governor's orltiolm by
oanot of to II. Bpakr Frlsbl
carang th deciding vote, also defeat
ed evwry on of th spectflo amend
ment utgtd by the governor.
00 TTAIJtAXS BOBBED,
JANEHVXIJB, wta. July II.
Throe hundred Italian laborar on th
Chicago and Northwests rallwar.
st South Janeavlll, wr held up and
robbed of 110,000 arly today by four
mn.
' The laborar war paid off on July
II and bad th biggest part of their
wage In their pockets. Armed posse
are searching th surrounding coun
try. TWO INSANE CRIKrVALS
AUGUSTA, Oa, July IL-Elildlngf
a pom of -II Frdrtck Reynolds
and Claaenoo A. Co nan t, th tnaan
orlpjlnal who - aoapd from the
MsaiM Insane hoatptal en MtaK are
UU a larw tdW. Tb fosittvas
w lag M . iir Kit .Yt
PASSING OF LORDS
WRITESr.EwERADF
T
Constitutional Revolution Re
moves Responsibility ,
Aenemlc Peers - -
PREMIER SOUNDS KNELL
OF THE PARTING DAY
Breaks The News Gently To
Balfour Before The Final
Blow Drops . , ,
LONDON, July It. Th eonitlttt .
tlonal revolution tonight appears I
be an accomplished fact Oreat Brit
tain In th future will , b governed
practically by th hous ot Common .
with It hsrldKsry upper hou po
seaslong oitfy a veto With a tlm
limit of two year. Xh Jr find
their on gleam" of hop in th pr
diotlon that th ' next conservatlv
government will overturn Asqulth'
revolution and res lor th old condi
tion, but th radical lr eenMtnt
that In uoh matter th hand ot
th clock will nver tur - back.
Tssterday th futur career ot th ,
veto bill wa apparent to all poUtt
clan and H vntual acptanc by
th public of ? ord Si ot ; doubtad.
Premier Asqulth dispelled ll coludg
today by communicating Informally
to Mr. Balfour leader ot th opposi
lion In th hous of commons, th
subtanc of an announcmnt whicH
h will mak 1n that house on Mon
day, v HI letter, wtilcb, Mr. Bflfour
eommunlcattd to th meeting t th
lord thl afternoon follow! :
"Dear Mr, Calfourt
"I think It i oourtsou and right,
befor any public dolion ar an
nouced. to 1st you know how w ro.
gard th present ttuatlon. When th
parliament bltl in th form which It
ha now assumsd rsturni to th
house ot common w shall b com
pelled to ask that hou to dlsaxre
with th lord amendments. In th
ciroumsunc. should . th noclty
arts. h government will advise th
king to xsrcls ht prrogativ to -cur
th paasag into law ot th bill
In substantially tb sam form in
which It Jft th hou of commons,
and hi majeatly has been plased to
signify that b will oosldr It hi
; duty to wp4 fnd get o that ad.
vie.', i r- v.;:..:V"j.:v.V.--... ,-.
' f Accept th IncvUabto
', This was a day of caucuses, thre
meeting wr hsld to discus th sit
uation; th calblnst sat fo two hour
and later th conservatlv leader ot
oth hous met at Mr, Balfour' resl.
dnc, ' v-'V-'f.-;,.-,--' i
Th lat and meat imprssatv gain,
srlng Was at Landown hous, w her
mor than two hundred peel listen
d to th reading of th prim mln
trtr lttr and protially decided
that they must Meant th Inevitable.
Later a tatmnt wm ivn out that
tn pr rrv dolatoa as to their
cours until Prmisr Asqulth' an.
nouncsmat of th potior of th gor.
rnmcot - oa ; Monday. - r
T
Former Attorney for Cor
pany Tells of $10,000
Being Given ;
"NO MONOPOLY"
NEW TORK. July IL Th Amn.
can Sugar Refining company eontrtb
uua 110.000 to help Benjamin Har
rison In on of hi campaign fop
th presidency against Orvr Cleve
land. The eontrlbuttoti wa told of
today by John B. Pearsons, former
attorney for tho company. in hi
testimony before th congressional
committee whloh 1 Investigating th
affair of the so-co,Ued trust Ho
oould not remember whether it was
th first or th second Harrison Cam. -palgn.
. : .i;..;f;..:.,,f,.ii x
Mr. Parson frankly boasted that
he was "th pioneer lit ' th forma :
tlon of th American "trust" and
is proud of It, but ooutd fh
Idea that th sugar trust constituted
monopoly such a th Standard Oil -
or Amartcaa Tobacco companlea,
BACK 15- GOTHAM
NEW TORK. July Refusing to
dlacuss her private aatr la any wiv.
Ethel Barrymore-Colt arrived - hsr
today from Chicago and a waiting
automobile whisked her away to an
unknown addrosa It was rumored
that the young actress went to th
umraer . horn of her uncle, John
Drew, on. Long Islsdtt ' ,
MILLS ARB CLOSED
LINTAAXJG. Oa... July' II Th '
MaasaohuMtts Mill In Georgia ar
bow lod for- a wek to giv th
1.0001 m ploys a wk rest and va
cation and to mass sora accessary
This will be th aly olo.
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